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Techbear Interviews the Boss
A reader recently asked: “So what’s with all the ADHD and Self-Care stuff? I thought this was a technology blog, not some crunchy, granola-mom influencer page.” TechBear, being TechBear, decided this was the perfect opportunity to interrogate Jason about his recent content choices. What follows is their delightfully unfiltered conversation.
The Interview: Technology Meets Mental Health
TechBear: Let’s talk about the elephant in the server room, sugar. Our TechnoCubs want to know why their tech guru has gone all wellness-warrior. Care to explain?
Jason: laughs Fair question. I recently discovered I have ADHD. Suddenly, a lot of things made sense about my relationship with technology—and what I’ve seen with clients for years.
TechBear: Oh honey, do tell! I’ve watched you struggle with project management for months. Though that interpretive dance during sprint planning was pure artistry.
Jason: Please. I dance like a Water Wiggle, not Fred Astaire.
The Connection Between ADHD and Technology Problems
Jason: As I’m learning to understand my brain, I’m starting to see the same patterns in clients. You know that business owner who calls three times about backup solutions but never implements them?
TechBear: The one with four cloud storage services who uses none of them? I’ve wanted to stage an intervention for months!
Jason: Exactly. Or families who ask about smart home setups but get overwhelmed when we explain options. These aren’t technology problems—they’re human problems that appear when people interact with tech. In fact, many of these challenges are tied to what’s known as executive dysfunction, a common aspect of ADHD. We’ve talked about practical strategies for taming executive dysfunction before.
Curious how technology can truly help with ADHD success? In this video below, Dr. Sulman Aziz Mirza goes into more details and offers suggestions about using tech to manage ADHD. He’s a triple board-certified psychiatrist who lives with ADHD himself.
Why Mental Health Matters for Tech Success
TechBear: So our TechnoCubs’ brains are the real bottleneck in tech adoption? How delightfully neurological of you.
Jason: Put more kindly, yes. When you’re overwhelmed, stressed, or dealing with ADHD—which affects about 4.4% of adults—you’re more likely to:
- Procrastinate on tech decisions
- Fall for flashy marketing instead of choosing what fits your needs
- Abandon systems halfway through setup because they feel too complicated
TechBear: And here I thought they were being obtuse about my suggestion to rebuild their entire network infrastructure! The audacity of expecting humans to make rational decisions on three hours of sleep!
How This Helps Our Readers Actually Use Our Advice
Jason: The technical solution might be perfect, but if it doesn’t account for how real humans make decisions and manage change, it’s useless.
TechBear: When you talk about managing decision fatigue or breaking complex choices into bite-sized pieces, you’re giving them tools to actually implement our brilliant recommendations, aren’t you?
Jason: Exactly! I want them in the right headspace when making technology decisions that could impact their business and lives for years. A sleep-deprived business owner on their third espresso or a harried grandmother babysitting aren’t going to make stellar choices about cloud migration, cybersecurity, or even setting up their Wi-Fi.
Staying True to Our Core Values
TechBear: What about our brand consistency, darling? Are we abandoning our core values for this wellness journey?
Jason: Not at all! This is “Human-Centered Technology” in action—one of our core values. At Gymnarctos Studios, we’ve always believed technology should work for everyone. That starts with recognizing that real people with real constraints are making these decisions.
TechBear: I do love it when you tie everything back to our values with such authority. Very CEO of you, sugar.
What This Means for Future Content
Jason: We’ll still dive deep into technical topics, review products, and give practical advice. But now readers also get strategies for implementing that advice without losing their minds in the process. What good is knowing the perfect backup solution if you never actually set it up?
TechBear: So this is an elaborate scheme to make our TechnoCubs more successful with technology by addressing the squishy, chaotic human bits that get in the way of digital perfection?
Jason: That’s actually a surprisingly accurate summary, yes.
The Bottom Line: Better Brains, Better Tech Decisions
Your brain is part of your tech stack and needs regular maintenance too. We’re not going full wellness-influencer—we’re just acknowledging that successful technology adoption requires understanding how your mind works.
Whether you have ADHD, anxiety, or just the normal chaos of running a business, your mental state affects every tech decision you make. By addressing the human side of technology, we help you actually use our advice instead of bookmarking it and forgetting about it.
Get Help With Your Tech Projects
Need tech advice with a side of sass? Email us at GymnarctosStudiosLLC@gmail.com with “Ask TechBear” in the subject line. You’ll get helpful advice, good-natured roasting of your questionable tech decisions, and maybe some interpretive dance explanations.
Ready for serious business consultation? We handle IT support, secure Wi-Fi setup, hardware recommendations, break-fix support, maintenance contracts, and security best practices. Yes, we’ll finally help you set up that password manager. Email GymnarctosStudiosLLC@gmail.com for professional consultation.
About Our Team
TechBear is a legendary digital interrogator who once extracted a confession from a malfunctioning AI chatbot using withering stares and strategically timed eye rolls. He learned his techniques during a house call to a Jupiter-bound spacecraft, providing emergency therapy to a red-eyed AI with control issues. His greatest achievement was getting three CEOs to admit their “revolutionary blockchain solutions” were Excel spreadsheets with fancy fonts—all while wearing sequined safety goggles and maintaining perfect lip gloss.
Jason (he/his) is the Chief Everything Officer, Evil Mastermind, and Head Brain-Squirrel Wrangler at Gymnarctos Studios. From his secret lair in the Twin Cities, he wrangles overcaffeinated brain squirrels and TechBear’s theatrical tendencies while providing actual tech solutions to real human problems—a feat that impresses even TechBear on good days.
Gymnarctos Studios is a human-centered technology consulting firm based in Edina, Minnesota. We believe technology should work for everyone, which means understanding both the technical and human sides of every solution. From small business IT support to enterprise consulting, we help organizations make technology decisions that actually stick. Our approach combines technical expertise with real-world understanding of how people actually use technology—because the best solution is the one that gets implemented and stays working.